GRE Word List
BEMUSED
marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed
The meaning of the word bemused is marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expound | to set forth : state |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| succulent | full of juice : juicy |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| descry | to catch sight of |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| forfeit | something forfeited or subject to being forfeited (as for a crime, offense, or neglect of duty) : penalty |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |